Monday Monday

So good to me.
Monday, Monday, it was all I thought it could be.

And it was.  Even though the day started out rainy and cold, I left the apartment at 6:45am and walked to Starbucks where I got a nice, warm decaf tea.  I was due at the gym at 7:30 for my official weigh in.

I dropped 6 pounds and 8.25 inches.  My legs didn't get any smaller though.  That's because they keep working them hard!  My legs haven't had an opportunity to lose any inches because they are building muscle to keep me going.

After the weigh in they started working my legs again.  The morning was filled with stretching & myofascial release, circuit training, cardio boot camp, abs/core work, and a posture evaluation. 

That was very cool.  Amber showed me exactly what was wrong with my posture and had me do some exercises to get it back in shape.  By doing these exercises everyday, my posture will slowly go back to it's original position.  That's exciting to me!

Lunch had me with the therapist.  She has a knack of getting right to the point.  There is no pussyfooting around and she challenges me with questions I've never thought about.  She helps me see things in a new light and I am slowly beginning to forgive myself for gaining the weight.

Early afternoon was spent at the beach in boot camp - yet again.  The sun had come out, the air had warmed up, but it was extremely windy.  I walked, ran and even crawled in the sand.  I laid in the sand and did crunches.  I had sand in my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my hair...pretty much everywhere.  I wanted to take a shower, but more workouts awaited me back at the gym.  Will it ever end?

I started a spin class, but my right knee was really bugging me so I decided to skip the class and do interval training on the treadmill.  Worked up a really great sweat so now I was sweaty and sandy.  Finally, I had another boot camp in the gym.  Johnathan used my ipod - hooray - so we go to listen to some great R&B. He worked us so hard!  

Afterwards I sat around in the lounge for 30 minutes just relaxing before I walked back to the apartment.  I hopped in the shower to get sand free.  I ate a tropical salad for dinner and am now sipping a cup of hot tea and getting ready to go lay down in bed and read.

After a weekend filled with only 6 hours total of exercise, Today's 6 hours has me back in pain.  Going to take some ibuprofen.  Night.